Alvin Ailey (1931–1989)
Author of Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey
About the Author
Image credit: Alvin Ailey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, Mar. 22, 1955 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-92018)
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- Birthdate
- 1931-01-05
- Date of death
- 1989-12-01
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- dancer
choreographer - Organizations
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company
Alvin Ailey American Dance Center/Ailey School - Awards and honors
- Dance Magazine Award (1975)
NAACP Springarn Medal (1976)
Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award (1987)
Kennedy Center Honors (1988)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2014) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Rogers, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- Rogers, Texas, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York, New York, USA - Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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